]]>Comment on napowrimo #29: front page news by kagerrrhttp://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/29/napowrimo-29-front-page-news/comment-page-2/#comment-21676
kagerrrFri, 30 Apr 2010 18:56:58 +0000http://readwritepoem.org/?p=10422#comment-21676Ahhhh! I know, I know! I am slacking! http://kagerrr.tumblr.com/post/561412116/april29thpoemAhhhh! I know, I know! I am slacking! http://kagerrr.tumblr.com/post/561412116/april29thpoem
]]>Comment on napowrimo #29: front page news by angela readmanhttp://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/29/napowrimo-29-front-page-news/comment-page-2/#comment-21607
angela readmanFri, 30 Apr 2010 10:28:47 +0000http://readwritepoem.org/?p=10422#comment-21607had to post this late. wrote from a headline about a child artist dubbed the new picasso.
Little Picasso
Picasso sounded like the name of a peanut,
something small and edible wavering on a stem.
This is all Picasso was to him, a word
with a nutty texture, an aroma of bees breath.
Canvas empty as silence, as full, as the bells ring
and horns going past bring clowns in small cars
to his room, as the boiler kicks starts,
and fathers voice downstairs sounds
like its sporadic slow roar. He closes his eyes
and lets the colour come, squares of light
on the river where father collects stones
to sort and polish into bracelets for the tourists.
I knows only them, the refracted hours
passed by in the small row boat, parts of sky
and land in tourists shades in these things
he dips his brush and paints stillness
he can hang on his wall, everything separate
as dollars his father counts, comes together
in the roll in his hand. Little Picasso is born.had to post this late. wrote from a headline about a child artist dubbed the new picasso.

Little Picasso

Picasso sounded like the name of a peanut,
something small and edible wavering on a stem.
This is all Picasso was to him, a word
with a nutty texture, an aroma of bees breath.
Canvas empty as silence, as full, as the bells ring
and horns going past bring clowns in small cars
to his room, as the boiler kicks starts,
and fathers voice downstairs sounds
like its sporadic slow roar. He closes his eyes
and lets the colour come, squares of light
on the river where father collects stones
to sort and polish into bracelets for the tourists.
I knows only them, the refracted hours
passed by in the small row boat, parts of sky
and land in tourists shades in these things
he dips his brush and paints stillness
he can hang on his wall, everything separate
as dollars his father counts, comes together
in the roll in his hand. Little Picasso is born.

]]>Comment on napowrimo #29: front page news by sallytisdalehttp://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/29/napowrimo-29-front-page-news/comment-page-2/#comment-21591
sallytisdaleFri, 30 Apr 2010 07:13:29 +0000http://readwritepoem.org/?p=10422#comment-21591I realized what I liked so much about poetry and prompts. Several times this month, I went into a prompt with a very clear idea, but once the words started. That very clear idea wasn't what came out at all. And I learned an opinion that I didn't realize was so much stronger than I would have known.
http://menremainboys.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/cities-of-the-future-fall-beside-rome/I realized what I liked so much about poetry and prompts. Several times this month, I went into a prompt with a very clear idea, but once the words started. That very clear idea wasn’t what came out at all. And I learned an opinion that I didn’t realize was so much stronger than I would have known.

]]>Comment on napowrimo #29: front page news by Neil Reidhttp://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/29/napowrimo-29-front-page-news/comment-page-2/#comment-21572
Neil ReidFri, 30 Apr 2010 05:27:41 +0000http://readwritepoem.org/?p=10422#comment-21572NaPoWriMo #29 <a href="http://bearlyaudible.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/robots-work-to-stop-leak-napowrimo-29/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Robots Work to Stop Leak</strong></a>NaPoWriMo #29 Robots Work to Stop Leak
]]>Comment on napowrimo #29: front page news by Kellyhttp://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/29/napowrimo-29-front-page-news/comment-page-2/#comment-21570
KellyFri, 30 Apr 2010 05:23:27 +0000http://readwritepoem.org/?p=10422#comment-21570I combined elements from these two headlines:
FDA Approves Vaccine for Prostate Cancer
Debate Continues Around Facebook Privacy Changes
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FDA Approves Vaccine for Facebook
500 billion minutes per month
basking in the glow of the screen,
“interacting” with “friends,”
“liking” clever memes and tending virtual farms
while life leaks like air from a balloon
minute by minute by minute.
But today
The Food and Drug Administration
approved a vaccine
that will save millions worldwide
from the scourge of Facebook.
The culmination of years of research,
“Faceblock” harnesses the immune system
to fight Facebook’s seductive powers.
There is now hope
for the 400 million users
and the millions at risk of succumbing,
hope that people will now engage
in conversations instead of chats,
read books instead of status updates.
Some are going so far as to dream
about all the good that could be done
in this sad world
with 500 billion minutes a month.I combined elements from these two headlines:

FDA Approves Vaccine for Prostate Cancer

Debate Continues Around Facebook Privacy Changes

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FDA Approves Vaccine for Facebook

500 billion minutes per month
basking in the glow of the screen,
“interacting” with “friends,”
“liking” clever memes and tending virtual farms
while life leaks like air from a balloon
minute by minute by minute.

But today
The Food and Drug Administration
approved a vaccine
that will save millions worldwide
from the scourge of Facebook.
The culmination of years of research,
“Faceblock” harnesses the immune system
to fight Facebook’s seductive powers.

There is now hope
for the 400 million users
and the millions at risk of succumbing,
hope that people will now engage
in conversations instead of chats,
read books instead of status updates.
Some are going so far as to dream
about all the good that could be done
in this sad world
with 500 billion minutes a month.

]]>Comment on napowrimo #29: front page news by Maya Ganesanhttp://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/04/29/napowrimo-29-front-page-news/comment-page-2/#comment-21564
Maya GanesanFri, 30 Apr 2010 05:14:40 +0000http://readwritepoem.org/?p=10422#comment-21564I had a headline of 'marimba-playing robots'...OF COURSE I had to use it.
www.mayaganesan.blogspot.com/2010/04/napowrimo-29.htmlI had a headline of ‘marimba-playing robots’…OF COURSE I had to use it.